National Dance Co. of Spain 2

Thu., May 14, 7:30 p.m.; Fri., May 15, 8 p.m.; Sat., May 16, 2 and 8 p.m.; $32-$48, Annenberg Center, 3680 Walnut St., 215-898-3900, pennpresents.org.

by Lauren F. Friedman

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Published: May 13, 2009

National Dance Co. of Spain

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In 1999, CND2 (that's Compañía Nacional de Danza 2 to you) was created to help prepare young dancers for professional careers. Just four years later, they had a widely praised American debut at Massachusetts' Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, and artistic director Nacho Duato won Spain's National Dance Award. By 2006, The New York Times was calling CND2 "wonderful stuff," and the upstart group of 17- to 23-year-olds was officially a sensation. This week, CND2's 14 dancers will perform three physically demanding Duato pieces that pile on lifts, jumps and inversions to sounds ranging from Moroccan folk songs to Claude Debussy. Their professional careers, it seems, have already begun.

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